Man Of The World DVD

doodyhead · #1 06-21-2007, 08:46 AM

I just ordered the DVD from Amazon UK as the DVD is shipping. I can not wait to see it. Has anyone gotten it yet? and if so does it spoil it for others if you share your opinions?

vinnie c

duracell · #2 06-21-2007, 02:38 PM

Message from Amazon in my inbox earlier this week postponed the delivery date to late August

wetcamelfood · #3 06-21-2007, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by duracell

Message from Amazon in my inbox earlier this week postponed the delivery date to late August

Me too.

John

Karl-Heinz · #4 06-30-2007, 04:44 AM

I got an Email from Amazon/UK - DVD in on the way to me

librax2 · #5 06-30-2007, 11:33 AM

anyone know if this will be available for region 1 ntsc?

madformac · #6 06-30-2007, 06:18 PM

I got it on Tuesday. I was so pleased to see so many good things in this DVD and so much information. I don't want to go into detail because it would spoil it.
What I would say is Peter looks wonderful. I think most people would be surprised. He has lost a lot of weight, looks tanned and healthy and the thing that made me so happy was that he is FULLY back. Very talkative, funny and went into a lot of detail about the subjects we want to know about.

If you want some mild spoilers then highlight the text below :

These include the days before the band, how he became ill, the "Munich" incident, giving money away (he goes into a lot of depth about this and why he wanted to do it and how. Very interesting), the "Shotgun" incident (which made me laugh with a comment he gave!). He talked very much about his drug experiences, Santana, Greatful Dead. Lots of stuff. What impressed me is he talks in the present, talking about "Mick" and "Danny" like it was yesterday, and describing in detail which guitars were used and how some famous tracks were arranged. He talks about schizoprenia and the voices. His time in an institution and his therapy.

Its also packed full of all the usual clips of the band performing. (28 tracks it says on the case) with Green and others talking about all the major songs and their influence. The lady Peter named "Black Magic Woman" is also interviewed.

Others included are Peters brothers, John Mayall, Noel Gallagher (who actually is in it quite a bit and is very complimentary about Pete. Noel can sometimes come across as abusive but here he is genuinely sincere, something you don't normally get from him on film. He is also VERY FUNNY too). Mike Vernon, Clifford Davis, Martin Celmins, Carlos Santana and of course,

Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Jeremy Spencer. There is some great footage of the three of them sat together chatting about Pete and the old days. Something also of note is that in the extra features Jeremy explains how and why he left Fleetwood Mac in detail which was a major surprise for me. Rick Vito is in the extras but for some reason he got cut from the documentary. Both Peter and Jeremy expand on the stories and rumours and finally we find out the real truth to some of the bands key moments.

For the guitar lovers, Peter goes to his lock up and talks us through his guitar collection and why he only plays single pickup guitars these days (fascinating and I totally see his point).

One final, interesting point, is there is no mention of Splinter Group or the members, only of him performing and his comeback without names mentioned..

The point I really want to get over to those who really have followed Peter is that he is fully back in the real world and enjoying his life to the full these days.

This is an absolute must for any Greeny fan. 10/10

*edit. Just as a note. The main documentary is two hours long so its very in depth. There are also about 30 mins of extras.

Popmuseum · #7 01-08-2008, 03:03 PM

Hello there,

watching the "Man of the World"-DVD i asked myself which German commune it might has been, where Peter Green got collected by his "Fleetwood Mac"-colleagues.

I did some research and found out: The "Highfish-Kommune".

Rainer Langhans, famous former member of well known German communes, writes in an article ("Autobiography"/"Car-Biography") that he and his former girl-friend Uschi Obermaier met Peter Green in Munich, where they invited him to their (then well known) "High-Fish-Commune" (High-Fish = "stoned fish / shark"-commune): http://www.debrebant.de/pdf/auto.pdf

It seems that Langhans and Obermaier were not really interested in Peter Green. - They just wanted to get in contact with Mick Taylor.

Langhans and Obermaier wished to organize a "Bavarian Woodstock". They wanted Jimi Hendrix and "The Rolling Stones" to be the leading stars of their Bavarian open air festival. - They needed the "Green God" just to get in contact with "The Rolling Stones" via Mick Taylor.

Read more about it, in the "Rolling Stone"-Forum (in German):
Peter Greens Trauma-Nacht mit deutschen Kommunarden 1970: http://forum.rollingstone.de/showthread.php?t=29009

Last, not least: Please excuse my "English". I'm used to listen and read (in) English, but I'm not used to write in English. Sorry.

Regards,
Popmuseum

Wouter Vuijk · #8 01-08-2008, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Popmuseum

Hello there,

Last, not least: Please excuse my "English". I'm used to listen and read (in) English, but I'm not used to write in English. Sorry.

Regards,
Popmuseum

Des is mir ja gleich egal. Dies is 'n internationales Forum, a biss'l Wieanerisch is mir eh recht. Muss net alles Englisch sein.
Servus Burli

Wouter Vuijk · #9 01-08-2008, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Popmuseum

Hello there,

watching the "Man of the World"-DVD i asked myself which German commune it might has been, where Peter Green got collected by his "Fleetwood Mac"-colleagues.

I did some research and found out: The "Highfish-Kommune".

Rainer Langhans, famous former member of well known German communes, writes in an article ("Autobiography"/"Car-Biography") that he and his former girl-friend Uschi Obermaier met Peter Green in Munich, where they invited him to their (then well known) "High-Fish-Commune" (High-Fish = "stoned fish / shark"-commune): http://www.debrebant.de/pdf/auto.pdf

It seems that Langhans and Obermaier were not really interested in Peter Green. - They just wanted to get in contact with Mick Taylor.

Langhans and Obermaier wished to organize a "Bavarian Woodstock". They wanted Jimi Hendrix and "The Rolling Stones" to be the leading stars of their Bavarian open air festival. - They needed the "Green God" just to get in contact with "The Rolling Stones" via Mick Taylor.

Read more about it, in the "Rolling Stone"-Forum (in German):
Peter Greens Trauma-Nacht mit deutschen Kommunarden 1970: http://forum.rollingstone.de/showthread.php?t=29009

Last, not least: Please excuse my "English". I'm used to listen and read (in) English, but I'm not used to write in English. Sorry.

Regards,
Popmuseum

I took a glance at the two articles and went on from there. Very interesting. It seems that a lot of unknown information on the Munich-question was already known to a couple of people (but for John MacV. and/or Mick F.?).
Good to know that maybe a movie/documentary about this commune will be made by Christa Ritter????
Please keep us informed, Andreas(???)

Popmuseum · #10 01-09-2008, 04:19 AM

Habedieehre,

herzlichen Dank für die freundliche Begrüßung (hier). Schön!

Wenn es etwas Neues über München zu berichten gibt, werde ich wieder in Englisch posten.

Bis dahin,
g'schamster Diener,
Popmuseum

P.S.: Ich weiss (noch) nicht, in welchem der beiden bestehenden Threads "München 1970" sinnvollerweise abgehandelt werden soll. In beiden ist vermutlich einmal zu viel. Ich halte "Munich Accident" für naheliegender.

doodyhead · #11 01-10-2008, 07:47 AM

Thank you popmuseum and wouter for those links to deutch rolling stone

It figures that there would be (for the lack of better word) "doodyheads" out there who would ply such an open person for purposes other than personal interest in them. Thirtyeight years later I can say that there have always been people and hangers on just out to get something in the guise of friendship.

Oh Well!